I am having an extremely hard time wondering what to do about Everett's tummy troubles. I am wondering how long can this really go on?
I can manage the screaming crying baby during the day...but it would be a lot easier if i could get some sleep at night too. Everett has a really hard time burping when he is really tired and I think that is the cause of half his night time tummy problems. He wakes up just thrashing his head back and forth and moaning. He pulls his legs up and the shoots them back out and if I don't tend to him quick enough it turns into a full blown cry. It starts anywhere between 3am and 5 am and lasts until usually 8am.
Everett spent 2 nights in his own room and is back in our room. I find it just easier that way. When the pains first come on I can roll over, give him his sucky and pat his back for a bit until the cramp goes away. I can do this every 5-10 minutes for almost an hour. Then he gets in so much pain that I have to pick him up and pat his back constantly. He is still very tired and as long as I am rocking him or patting his back in a slightly elevated position he can mostly sleep through the pain, but as soon as I stop moving him or patting him he is crying again.
This means that from 3 or 5 till 8 I have to stay awake and pat pat pat rock rock rock sway sway sway. As you can imagine I do not get much sleep. About last Friday the tears started...for me... I just didn't know if i could handle it anymore. My crying woke Ryan up and he took over for a few hours before he had to go to work. Later that day I had another breakdown....I am so sleep deprived and now have a very bad cold (probably because I have little sleep)
What I don't know is is this something that Everett is just going to grow out of and if so when? Or is there maybe something actually wrong with him? The specialist we had in Abbotsford said as long as he is gaining weight he is healthy...although not happy and clearly in a lot of pain....he is still healthy.
What does that mean? There is nothing we can do for him? And how can we know for sure something is not more wrong. Is is right for a baby to be in the much pain every night? It is so frustrating.
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did I tell you about my friend's site, The Fussy Baby Site? She has lots of information and has created a nice little community to connect with other moms in the exact same situation. She's not an expert, but has done lots of research and really knows the issues. She'd be more than happy to answer other questions you have. You can email her right from the site. Tell her I sent you. Her name is Holly.
www.thefussybabysite.com
Thanks Rachel.
I saw something on the mom show about baby massage...this one was on a tummy massage to help with digestion/gas....it's called the i love you move...a little hard to describe on here...take your 2 fingers(index and middle)and draw a line from left nipple under breast bone down towards diaper(that's the I)next draw that same "I" but continue across the top of the diaper to make an "L" for love and finally same stroke but go up once more to make a "U"...they said to go in a clockwise direction as this is how the bowel goes....I dont know if this will work, but it's worth a try....
Kendra
Sorry Tammy that I Love You move was a little off...I goes from right nippple to left then down for L and then across top of diaper for U
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